Hello Colour

Hello Colour (released in North America as Hello Color) was a line of soft bath toys produced by the toy company Matchbox in Australia and Germany (Tonka in North America ) released in the 1980s. The toys changed colour when put into warm water, with the brand's name being a play on this and the name "Hello Kitty". My Melody is one of the Sanrio characters featured in the line.

Characters
Various characters are featured in the line.
 * Hello Kitty
 * My Melody
 * Tuxedo Sam
 * Unicorn
 * Rainbow Bear
 * Rainbow Elephant
 * Pegacorn
 * Yuk-A-Puks
 * Pound Puppies
 * Giraffe
 * Whale
 * Ducks

For this line, My Melody has differences in her design, now having orange limbs, a purple hood (with the lower section retaining its familiar pink colouration) and a brown patch on her chest. When the toy enters water, the hood turns pink (with the lower section becoming yellow), her limbs turn yellow and the patch on her chest becomes blue. This design change is used on official artwork.

Some of the characters featured are from Sanrio's Rainbow Circus universe.

Other Items
Although the Hello Colour (or Hello Color) brand was primarily for soft bath toys, the branding did appear on other plastic bath toys with a similar colour changing feature, this included a pool playset, a fishing playset and a submarine playset. Colour changing jigsaw puzzles and washcloths were also released.